Ahluwalia back as Patiala MC Commissioner

Saturday, March 17, 2007, 14:07 [IST]

Patiala, Mar 6 (UNI) The Punjab government today appointed senior IAS officer S K Ahluwalia as Commissioner of the Patiala Municipal Corporation.

Mr Ahluwalia, whose appointment orders were issued at Chandigarh, assumed has charge, an official spokesman here said.

Mr Ahluwalia was unceremoniously removed and shifted out as MC Commissioner last year following his differences with city mayor Vishnu Sharma, a close confidant of former chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh.

UNI

Topics: ADMINISTRATION-PUNJAB-AHLUWALIA

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